Fastening means for coin-actuated vending-machines, &amp;c.



M. sToLTz. l FASTENING MEANS FOR GOIN AGTUATED VENDING MACHINES, &o.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29, 1908.

910,600.4 Patented t13111.26, 1909.

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l aUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MELVILLE STOLTZ, OF PIITSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR rlO PEERLESSVENDING MACHINE COMPANY, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OFNEW JERSEY.

FASTENING MEANS FOR COIN-ACTUATED VENDING-MACHINES, cc.

To all whom it may concern:

Ee it known that I, MELVILLE STOLTZ, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State oiPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFastening Means for Coin-Actuated Vending-Machines, Snc., of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in fastening means forcoin-actuated vendingmachines, etc.

Coin-actuated vending-machines, in particular, are at times the obj ectof theft, even though the value of the contents be trifling, and theobject of my invention is to provide 'fastening means which will be moredifficult of unfastening than that heretofore employed, thereby reducingthe loss of both machines and contents.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Ihave illustrated my invention as applied to a coin-actuatedvending-machine forming the subject of a separate patent, in whichdrawings,

Figure I, is a rear elevation of the machine casing and attendingfastening member. Fig. II, is a similar view, partly broken away and insection, to further show the means of fastening. Fig. III, is a sideelevation of the same further showing the means of fastening, in all ofwhich views similar detail parts are designated by like numerals ofreference.

As illustrated in this particular instance, the casing l is providedwith a door 2 eX- tending partially down one side to the base, and isprovided within the base with vertically disposed partitions 3 and 3 andwith an opening 4 at the rear adjacent the partition 3, said partitionshaving transverse openings therein, the one in the partition 3 beingplain and that in the partition 3 likewise plain. Into these openings isitted a bolt 5 having a head 6 and an annular flange 7, between whichflange and partition 8 is arranged a spiral spring 8 surrounding thebolt.

Io the top of the casing, at the rear thereof, is hingedly secured aplate 9 having openings 10 therein to receive the screws employed tosecure the same to the fixture or object to which it is desired toattach the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 29, 1908.

saine, said plate having a lug or tongue l1 at its free end providedwith a threaded opening to receive the aforesaid bolt 5.

In practice, the plate 9 is secured to the fixture or object, by placingthe plate against the same and elevating the casing, as indicated by thedotted line-s at Fig. III, and after the screws have been inserted inthe openings in the plate and properly driven into the fixture orobject, the casing is lowered to its normal position, causing the lug ortongue 1l ofthe plate to enter the opening 4 at the rear ofthe casing.The door 2 is then opened and, by means of a socket wrench, the bolt 5is gently pushed inward and by turning caused to enter the opening inthe tongue, thus firmly securing the plate to the casing with thefastening means etlectually hidden from view. W hen the bolt 5 isunscrewed from the lug or tongue of the plate the spiral spring causesit to be forced to the left as indicated by dotted lines at Fig. II.

It will be readily apparent that other means than the partitions at thebase of the casing may be employed to maintain the bolt in operativeposition and other details of construction modilied in the casing orplate at will, without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully shown and described my invention, what I claim as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with a casing, of a member concealed by the rearthereof and hingedly attached at one of its ends thereto, and meansinclosed by said casing securing the opposite end thereto.

2. The combination with a casing, of a member concealed by the rearthereof and hingedly attached at one of its ends thereto and provided atits opposite end with a tongue, and means within the casing engagingsaid tongue.

3. The combination with a casing, of a member concealed by the rearthereof and hingedly attached at one of its ends thereto and provided atits opposite end with a tongue, and a bolt located within the casing andpassing through said tongue.

4. The combination with a casing, of a member concealed by the rearthereof and hingedly attached thereto by one of its ends and provided atits opposite end With a located Within the casing and through said l0tongue, and a spring bolt located in said'castongue. ing and throughsaid tongue. In testimony whereof I afllx my signature 5. Thecombination with a casing, of a in presence of tWo Witnesses.

= member concealed by the rear thereof and MELVILLE STOLTZ hingedlyattached thereto Aby one of its ends and provided at its opposite endWith a Witnesses:

tongue projecting inwardly through an open- EDGAR K. FRANK, ing in therear ofthe casing, and a spring bolt D. B. OAKS.

